Well I lost the match on the 18th hole. 🙂 it's all good - it was a great match and he deserved the win. He was a nice guy too which is great - just what I needed, another Thursday night drinking buddy!! :beer:
quick snippet of the TSN turning point for golf fans:
14th hole: he has a 5-footer for birdie to go 2 up. i'm in with a bogey so unless he 3-whacks it, i'm basically screwed. HE THREE PUTTS! omg. still alive.
15: par 4 - he hit a good tee shot down the right side. i sliced mine deep and ended up on the wrong side of some pretty tall trees. hit a PW over the trees to 8 feet for birdie, opponent = 0_0 "wow". 2-putt par for me, bogey for him. back to even for the match.
16: par 3 - we both hit the green but i was away. my uphill putt came up about six feet short! so i had lots of work left for par. he then proceeded to hit a 25-foot uphill breaker for birdie on the toughest green on the course. truly an amazing putt - back to 1UP for him.
17: par 4 - with nothing to lose, i munched my tee shot and cut the corner on this dogleg, leaving me only 65 yards or so to the pin. i put it to within 10 feet and 2-putted for par and he bogeyed. back to even going to the last hole!!
18: par 4 - hit my best drive of the day here. he hit one a little shorter, but after our approach shots, we were both looking at a short chip & putt for par. the difference was - i hit my chip a little deep and ended up 2-putting for bogey, and he got up and down for par and teh win.
thanks for the well wishes guys! i ended up shooting 42-43 / 85 and i am pretty happy with that. our handicaps were only 1 stroke apart (12, 13) so it was destined to be a close one and it was, and a lot of fun. be sure to share your golf stories here guys b/c i love reading them.
